Best password plugins for WordPress
The most popular password plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. PPWP leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of Google Authenticator (20K+) and Passster (10K+). All 177 plugins tagged “password” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 password plugins
- 1.
PPWPThe most installed password plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 272 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 2.
Google Authenticator20K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 135 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Passster10K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 60 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
Frontend Reset Password10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 38 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
ContentProtector5K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 6.Login Security Solution
4K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 54 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 7.Smart Passworded Pages
2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 21 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 8.Multiple Post Passwords
2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 11 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
PHP Native Password Hash1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 10.Password bcrypt
1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
All 177 plugins tagged “password”

PPWP
Down in the last 7 days:1#979by WP Folio Team3 days ago
Password protect WordPress pages and posts by user roles or with multiple passwords; protect your entire website with a single password.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.7(272)
- Downloads
- 735/day

Google Authenticator
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,149by Ivan2 months ago
Google Authenticator for your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(135)
- Downloads
- 336/day

Passster
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,960by WP Chill16 days ago
Password Protect Pages, Posts & Content in WordPress
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.2(60)
- Downloads
- 220/day

Frontend Reset Password
Down in the last 7 days:6#1,972by Wp Enhanced9 months ago
Let your users reset their forgotten passwords from the frontend of your website.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(38)
- Downloads
- 66/day

ContentProtector
Up in the last 7 days:129#3,031by Anton1 year ago
Protect your content with passwords using easy-to-use shortcodes. Supports both global protection and partial content protection.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 15/day
Login Security Solution
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,602by Daniel Convissor9 years ago
Security against brute force attacks by tracking IP, name, password; requiring very strong passwords. Idle timeout. Maintenance mode lockdown.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.4(54)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Smart Passworded Pages
Down in the last 7 days:2#4,627by Brian Layman9 years ago
Create central "Enter your password" page and the password entered determine which page the user sees next.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(21)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Multiple Post Passwords
Down in the last 7 days:11#4,812by Andreas Münch9 months ago
Set multiple passwords for your protected pages so you can give them to different users.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 16/day

PHP Native Password Hash
Down in the last 7 days:13#5,199by Ayesh Karunaratne2 years ago
Makes WordPress use PHP's native password_hash() functions for portable, stronger, and time-attack safe bcrypt and Argon2 hashes.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Password bcrypt
Down in the last 7 days:17#5,236by Viktor Szépe10 years ago
Replaces wp_hash_password and wp_check_password with PHP 5.5's password_hash and password_verify.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Protect the Children!
Down in the last 7 days:13#5,382by Matt Miller4 days ago
Easily password protect the child pages/posts of a post/page that is password protected.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(15)
- Downloads
- 42/day
Disable Password Reset
Down in the last 7 days:1#5,437by Dugonja10 years ago
Enhance security of your blogs by preventing password reset over email function.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Password Strength for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:17#6,091by WP Zone2 years ago
Disables password strength enforcement in WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 13/day
SimpleModal Login
Down in the last 7 days:37#7,858by Eric9 years ago
SimpleModal Login provides a modal Ajax login, registration, and password reset feature for WordPress which utilizes jQuery and the SimpleModal jQuery
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.0(33)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Replace Protected Password
Down in the last 7 days:15#8,310by Ko Takagi4 years ago
This plugin allows you to update the password for the post or page at a time.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Chap Secure Password Login
Down in the last 7 days:25#8,497by Enrico Rossomando6 years ago
Do not show password, during login, on an insecure channel (without SSL). Use a SHA-256 hash algorithm.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.1(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Post Password Token
Down in the last 7 days:3#8,509by Shawn Parker3 years ago
The Post Password Token plugin allows readers to access protected posts without having to enter a password by creating secret token urls for the post.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Login Me Now
Down in the last 7 days:82#8,578by BetterDots11 days ago
Login Me Now combines Passwordless Login, Email Magic Links, Phone OTP Verification, Temporary Logins, Social Logins (Google & Facebook), User Swi …
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 35/day
Password Passthrough
Down in the last 7 days:51#8,624by KaeruCT1 year ago
This plugin allows passwords for password-protected pages/posts to be passed directly through the URL.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Simple Password Protect
Up in the last 7 days:96#8,761by Desk9 Design27 days ago
Protect your entire WordPress site with a simple password. GDPR-compliant with modal links for legal pages.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 17/day

Passwords Evolved
Down in the last 7 days:38#9,412by Carl Alexander1 year ago
A reimagining of WordPress authentication using modern security practices.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day

hideShowPassword
Up in the last 7 days:31#9,641by Barry Ceelen8 years ago
Toggle password visibility on the WordPress login screen.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Force Password Change
Down in the last 7 days:5#9,692by Simon Blackbourn6 years ago
Require users to change their password on first login.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

yubikey-plugin
Down in the last 7 days:112#9,968by apb3607 years ago
Enhanced Login Security for Your Wordpress blog.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.8(9)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Remove Protected
Down in the last 7 days:37#10,155by Aubrey Portwood9 years ago
Small script that removes Protected: and Private: from titles of posts and pages that are password protected and private.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Prevent Password Reset
Down in the last 7 days:120#10,530by Justin Tadlock13 years ago
Prevents password reset for select users via the WordPress "lost password" form.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Disable Password Changed Admin Email
Up in the last 7 days:30#10,728by Wild Operation5 months ago
Stop password changed emails from being sent to site admin after a user resets their password.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Advanced Show/Hide Password
Up in the last 7 days:12#11,349by Code Decorator2 years ago
Adds an icon to all password fields to toggle between showing and hiding the password, improving user experience during login and registration.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

PDF Password Protect
Up in the last 7 days:9#11,582by GrandPlugins2 months ago
Protect PDF files by passwords on your WordPress Website.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Password for WP
Up in the last 7 days:10#11,775by get3code4 months ago
Protect your whole WordPress site with one password. Custom background image, message and colors, cache friendly. Compatible with WordPress 7.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day
Password Protection Expiration
Up in the last 7 days:83#12,068by Seth Yoder11 years ago
Allows you to easily change the lifetime of the WordPress cookie which allows automatic login to password-protected posts.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Very Simple Password for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:23#12,660by lucasbustamante9 years ago
A simple and lightweight password protection for Wordpress.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 5/day

Password Protect Pages
Down in the last 7 days:70#12,897by Jess5 years ago
Restrict access to specific pages to only logged in users.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom Password Protected Text
Down in the last 7 days:7#14,190by Marcello Scacchetti14 years ago
Custom text message for password protected pages and posts
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Show User Password
Down in the last 7 days:192#14,316by Carlos Martínez Romero3 years ago
This plugin shows the password field (with MD5 Encryption) in the table of the Users section in the WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Easy Options for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:52#14,413by Jeff Sherk2 years ago
Access hidden WooCommerce options such as: Disable Confirm Logout, Hide Password Strength Meter, Hide Categories from Shop Pages and Widgets, Show Emp …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Force Password
Up in the last 7 days:12#14,572by Galaxy Weblinks5 months ago
WP Force Password is a plugin that forces users to change their password for security purpose.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 7/day
Password Change Reminder
Down in the last 7 days:33#14,706by Ralf Albert13 years ago
Password Change Reminder helps to raise the security of your WordPress installation with little effort. It will remind the users to regularly change t …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Simple Require Login
Down in the last 7 days:180#15,488by timmcdaniels10 years ago
Require login for content on a per page/post/custom post type basis. You can also select a specific role required to view the content.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WPC Advanced Password Protect for WooCommerce
#15,910by WPClever1 month ago
WPC Advanced Password Protect provides ultimate protection for your online stores with sophisticated accessibility rules to restrict visitors.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Joomla to WP Migrated Users Authentication Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:100#15,997by lucky6215 years ago
A plugin to authenticate users migrated from Joomla/Mambo to Wordpress.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.1(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Enforce Strong Password
Down in the last 7 days:81#16,169by Jan Štětina13 years ago
Forces all users to have a strong password when they're changing it on their profile page.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

NoMorePass Login
Up in the last 7 days:178#18,088by yoprogramo1 year ago
Use your mobile phone to login into wordpress. Allow users instant registration. Fully protection against force brute attacks
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Noindex Password-Protected Posts
Up in the last 7 days:109#18,868by Kyle Gilman10 years ago
Disables search-engine indexing for all password-protected posts.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private Suite
Down in the last 7 days:65#20,126by Stephanie Leary10 years ago
Allows you to choose who can read private content and offers better control of privacy features.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Passe-partout, login as a different user
#20,320by Jose Mortellaro1 month ago
The main administrators with their own password will be able to log in with whatever registered user account.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Case-Insensitive Passwords
Down in the last 7 days:13#20,568by Lew Ayotte12 years ago
Enables case-insensitive authentication for new passwords created on your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day
WC Force Pass
Up in the last 7 days:408#20,740by Leo Baiano10 years ago
This plugin allows users to enroll with weak passwords in stores using the WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Master Post Password
Up in the last 7 days:396#20,780by Scott Reilly1 year ago
Define a master post password that works for all passworded posts, while permitting the original post passwords to also work.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP jCryption Security
#20,883by andreyk11 years ago
Prevents forms data against sniffing network traffic through encryption provided by jCryption javascript library.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day